Coin wrapping device



May 12, 1953 R. F. POWERS 2,637,960

Robert E Powers A INVENTOR.

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' BY Q Patented May 12, 953

} 6 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIN WRAPPING DEVICE Robert F. Powers, Warren, Ark.

Application December 17, 1951', Serial No. 261,99?

5 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices used to facilitate the wrapping of coins by hand.

An important object of the invention is to provide a coin receiving tray which-is inclined toward one side and having a bumper pin at the lower side of the tray against which the coins rest andforming guide slots in the side edges of the tray for the wrapping paper which passes under the coins to wrap the coin, the bumper pin centering the coins between the side edges of the wrapper to provide a folding edge to close the ends of the wrapper.

A further object is to provide a device of this.

character of simple and practical construction, which is eilicient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the de- Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view showing the device used for wrapping smaller coins.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the

numeral 5 designates a tray-like coin holder having upstanding side edges E5 and l and an open front. The bottom 8 of the tray slopes downwardly toward the side edge 8.

The rear of the tray is formed with a coin receiving trough 8 having an open end it in the side wall 1 while the side wall 6 is formed with a recess II at the opposite or lower end of the trough 9.

The inner side of the side Walls 6 and l, at their lower portions, are formed with guide slots l2 to receive a wrapping paper [3, the slots be ing in the plane of the bottom 8 to guide the paper rearwardly over the surface of the bottom of the tray and over a pair of spaced parallel rods or rollers M and 15 positioned longitudinally in the trough 9 and with the lower ends of the rods rotatably mounted in the side walls t while the upper ends of the rods rest in the opening Ill at the upper end of the trough.

.An opening I6 is formed in the lower side wall 2 6 at the recess H in the lower end of trough 9 and in which one end of a bumper pin 11 is removably received and held with the front end of the pin supported in a position in the recess It and above the lower ends of the rollers H and I5 by a shoulder is formed on the bumper pin.

In the operation of the device, the wrapping paper is placed in the front ends of guide slots l2 and moved rearwardly over rollers it and I5 and upwardly in the trough to a point adjacent the upper rear edge of the tray. Coins it are then placed in the trough 9 to rest edgewise on the rollers 14 and 1,5 and with the lowermost (if the group of coins resting against the bumper pin I1.

The front end of the bumper pin i'l spaces the coins from the adjacent edge of the wrapper [3 to thus center the coins between the two side edges of the wrapper so that end portions 20 may be provided at each side of the wrapper to be folded over the ends of the group of coins and close the ends of the wrapper after the wrapper has been completely wrapped about the coins.

In Figure 4 of the drawings a group of coins 2| of smaller diameter are shown in position ready to be wrapped by the device.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as hereinvention, what is having a bottom surface and a top surface inclined with respect thereto, upper and lower side walls and a rear wall integral with said block and extending above the top surface thereof, said side walls having undercut grooves therein at their junction with said top surface, said upper side wall having an arcuate notch adjacent said rear wall, a pair of spaced parallel rods seating at one set of ends in said arcuate notch and being secured at their other ends to said lower side wall, said rods constituting a coin receiving trough and being parallel to said top surface, a bumper pin mounted in said lower side wall and overlying said rods for a portion of their length to space coins from said lower side wall, said undercut grooves being adapted to guidingly receive the edges of a coin wrapper as the same is entrained over the rods.

2. A coin wrapping device comprising a block having a bottom surface and a top surface inclined with respect thereto upper and lower side walls and a rear wall integral with said block and extending above the top surface thereof, said side walls having undercut grooves therein at their junction with said top surface, said upper side wall having an arcuate notch adjacent said rear wall, a pair of spaced parallel rods seating at one set of ends in said arcuate notch and being coin trough adjacent and parallel to the rear wall secured at their other ends to said lower side wall, said rods constituting a coin receiving trough and being parallel to said top surface, a bumper pin mounted in said lower side wall and overlying said rods for a portion of their length to space coins from said lower side wall, said undercut grooves being adapted to guidingly receive the edges of a coin wrapper as the same is entrained over the rods, said lower side wall having a recessed portion in alignment with said arcuate notch, said recessed portion being of the same depth as the undercut groove to allow passage of the coin wrapper over the rods.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a coin wrapping device comprising a member having a horizontal base and an inclined top Wall, upper and lower side walls and a rear end wall rising from the perimeter of said top wall, said side Walls having undercut grooves therein opening into the top wall at their junction therewith to guidingly receive the edges of a coin wrapper, said upper side wall being arcuately notched adjacent said rear wall, a pair of spaced, parallel rods seating in said notch and secured to said lower side wall to provide a coin receiving trough, and a bumper pin mounted in said lower side wall and overlying said rods to space coins from the lower side wall.

4. A coin wrapping device comprising an inclined tray, said tray having a bottom, upper and lower side walls, a rear wall and an open front,

said side walls having undercut grooves therein at their junction to the bottom of the tray for guidingly receiving the edges of a coin wrapper, a

of the tray for receiving coins prior to wrapping, said undercut grooves opening into said coin trough.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said rods are rotatably secured at their other ends to ROBERT F. POWER -.1

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